Merry Christmas

Christmas card time and I must of had this Santa's little helper die for over a year as I got it last year to do some cards but never did to be honest I found all the little bits of the die fiddly but I have persisted and love it. I have used the big Merry Christmas die before as it's a lovely font and a nice size. I love Tim Holtz dies.

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 Shell xx
 

Tile 18

Here we are again tile 18 black tile again with white pen but this new white pen is so much better I am a lot happier with this pen compared to the last one.

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Sanntangle swap 22 tile

Each month Sanntangle do a swap tile it's a good way to get a piece of someone else art work. Each month when the tile swap is posted we get a certain tangle that has to be in the tile even if it is just once . This month it was the one I have used for my petals on my flowers. I wanted to do a scarecrow think I did ok and the lady who received my tile said it made her smile so I am happy. We haven't had a swap tile this month due to the Royal Mail strike. 

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Tile 17

Sanntangle time and this is tile 17 and we have a grey tile today and we are using a white pen for the first time. Loving the black and white pens and the white pencil shading . I wasn't very happy with my white pen think I need to get another one that work better, I have been told white gel pens can be tricky.

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Birthday card

This is a Birthday card I made for my bestie who lives in the Netherlands she has her own bee's so thought I would get my Scan N Cut out and a nature usb and made the beehive and a bee flying home. The Happy Birthday is a Crafters Companion die. I thought a pattern paper with flowers on would be good.

I have also tasted the honey from her bee's and it's very nice.

I am also pleased to say she loved the card.

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Merry Christmas Cards

Time for a couple of Christmas cards I did two both the same but slightly different in colours as you will see this is the first. I have had these Tom Holtz dies for years I have used the merry Christmas before but not the others . It's amazing what you find when having a tidy in the craft room. I used a base Grey card matted with some patterned paper and I have used two different colour glitter cards for my die pieces. One is a white and the other a really nice pale blue. 

 Card Two

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Happy Birthday Card

Time to make a Birthday card so I took a black white base card and matted it with a piece of purple card. I die cut my type writer and took a piece of white card cut it to fit the typewriter then stamped my Happy Birthday onto it . As you can see I didn't re ink so it give the look that the ribbon is running out as that is what it used to do years ago lol. I also added a couple of hearts. 

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Jolly Jointed Christmas Mouse

Here I am again with another svg file I just love this little mouse and his great for a Christmas decoration. Easy to make Dreaming tree again so you get the full details I print all mine out and keep them in a folder incase I wish to make them again. Leo as always is there on You Tube to help you put it together,

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 Shell xx

Cute little hat box and card

I saw so many people making these cute little hat boxes I had to have a go again free svg from Dreaming Tree and you can follow Leo on You Tube . It's a lovely size I think you could get a nice candle in there some chocolate and many other things. So a great little gift holder for any time of the year.

 

Here is the card I used the piece left to make a mat onto the basic black base card I did the same flower from the hat box for the card and a nice sentiment raised to add a bit of dimension.

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Money and Gift voucher wallet

Today I got the Scan N Cut out to make this lovely Money and gift voucher wallet ready for Christmas but can be used all year round. So easy to make it was a free svg file from Dreaming Tree and you can print the menu out and even follow Leo on You Tube who shows you how to put it altogether.

 

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Sanntangle workshop project

On Sunday 9th October 2022 Myself and husband Gary went to  Sanntangle HQ for a workshop day we did two projects and this is one of those projects. Gary and I have only been Sanntangling since August this year . I was feeling nervous about the day as we are new to this and we have only done the little square tiles which are 3 1/4 by 3 1/4 this is A4 but I'm pleased to say I managed to keep up and I feel I did well . Sandra is a great teacher. We loved our day so much we have booked onto another full day workshop in December.

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Self Reflection

Visible Image Dragonfly Dreams stamp set card Three.

I have taken a base Dark Purple card I used my double sided tape to make a boarder and I used some micro beads just to add a bit of something to the edges. I then took a piece of white card stamped my my Dragonfly and sentiment. I then got my daubers out and my Distressed Oxide inks out. The colours I used are Peacock Feathers and Kitsch Flamingo. I just rubbed my sections with different colour inks I rubbed straight across and slightly mixed the two colours where they meet. 

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Wisdom

Visible Image Dragonfly Dreams stamp set card Two.

I have taken a base dark purple card I used my double sided tape to make a boarder and I used some glitter just to add a bit of something to the edges. I then took a piece of white card stamped my my Dragonfly and sentiment with versa mark ink used my white embossing powder and heated till it was all nice and shiny. I then got my daubers out and my Distressed Oxide inks out. The colours I used are Cracked Pistachio, Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced Marmalade, Peacock Feathers and Twisted Citron. I just rubbed my sections with different colour inks but this time I pulled my daubers across in a straight line. I then wiped it with a piece of kitchen paper to remove the ink from the Dragonfly. 

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Tile 17

Tile 17 today and there is a change of colour started with a grey tile and not just a black pen but a white pen too. When I first looked at this tile I thought no way can I do this the starting curve we had to draw but I started and it went well. Next stumbling block was the white pen it was going ok then it was hit and miss I have been told white pens are tricky so I will have to take this and maybe practice with my white pen and get used to it. All in all I am really pleased with how this tile finished.

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 Shell xx

Dreams Card

Visible Image Dragonfly Dreams stamp set card One.

I have taken a base black card I used my double sided tape to make a boarder and I used some gilding flakes just to add a bit of something to the edges. I then took a piece of white card stamped my my Dragonfly and sentiment with versa mark ink used my black embossing powder and heated till it was all nice and shiny. I then got my daubers out and my Distressed Oxide inks out. The colours I used are Cracked Pistachio, Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced Marmalade, Peacock Feathers, Twisted Citron and Kitsch Flamingo. I just rubbed my sections with different colour inks I then wiped it with a piece of kitchen paper to remove the ink from the Dragonfly. 

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  Shell xx